This is a report of a patient who experienced an increased intraperitoneal volume (iipv) event coincident with peritoneal dialysis (pd) therapy.The event was discovered while reviewing the patient¿s treatment records following a report of a patient having patient line is blocked (soft alarms).A review of the patient¿s treatment records identified that the patient drained 6605 ml during drain 0 of the treatment.This drain volume is 264% the patient's maximum fill volume of 2499 ml.As a result of the iipv event, the technical support representative advised the patient to discontinue use of the cycler and to notify their peritoneal dialysis registered nurse (pdrn) of the event.Upon follow up, the pdrn confirmed the reported event and stated that the patient did not realize that they had overfilled.The patient completed treatment using continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (capd).The pdrn stated that the patient did not experience any symptoms, injury, adverse event, or require medical intervention as a result of the reported iipv event.The pdrn stated that the patient has received their new cycler but did not know if they have completed a treatment with it as of yet.The old cycler was scheduled to be returned to the manufacturer for physical evaluation.
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Plant investigation: the actual device was returned to the manufacturer for physical evaluation.An external visual inspection was performed with no physical damage noted.An (as-received) simulated treatment was performed and completed without failures.The cycler weighed fill volume values were within tolerance for a liberty cycler.The cycler underwent system air leak and valve actuation testing and was found to meet product specifications.Load cell verification testing was performed with no issues noted.There were no visual discrepancies encountered during the internal inspection.A review of the device manufacturing records was conducted by the manufacturer.There were no deviations or non-conformances during the manufacturing process.In addition, a device history record (dhr) review was performed and verified that the results of the in-progress and final quality control (qc) testing met all requirements.Upon completion of the evaluation, there were no malfunctions that could have caused or contributed to the reported event.The cycler performed as designed and an associated cause could not be determined.
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